Improvement in curtain-roller and bracket



W111. 1 11111582 E. 0. GLEASON. Curtain Roller and Bracket.

No. 211,343. Patent ed Jan. 14,1879.

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ASSIGNORS TO SELINDA,

"DARK, OF SAME PLACE.

I IMPROVEMENT 'lN CURl'A'IN -ROLLER AND BRACKET.

Specification forming partof Letters Patent No. 211,343, dated January14, 1879; application filed l April 16,1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that WG,YWILLIAM H. PARK and EUGENE O. GLEASON, both ofBoston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massaehusetts, haveinvented anew and useful Improvement in Curtain-Fixtures, whichimprovement is fully set forth in the following specification,referencebeing had to the accompanying draw- 1n gs.

Our invention relates to that class of ourtain-fixtures in which thecurtain is raised by means of a cord, and is held at any desired pointby a stop acting on the cord; and it consists in having, either on afixed or swinging bracket, a roller on the spur, against which the cordbears, and in having a simply-constructed loop and stop for the cord, soformed that the cord may be easily removed therefrom.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view,showingacurtain-fixturehaving a swinging bracket and embodying our invention,and also showing a part of a window-casing. Fig. 2 is a Side view of theswinging bracket. Fig.

.3 is a side view of a fixed bracket which emof the roller is shown as abracket of common form, receiving the stud b on the roller. At the otherend of the roller is the cord-pulley D, on which winds the cord 0. Weprefer to employ at this end a stud, d, fixed to the bracket for theroller to revolve on,and which enters the end of the cord-pulley or theroller.

The swinging bracket E is hung by a stud or screw, 6, which is fixed orscrewed into the window-casing. This bracket has a slot, f, so thatanother stud or screw, g. which passes, through the slot and, is fixedor screwed into the casin g, further secures and guides the bracket.

The bracket Ehasa portion or arm, h, which projects inward toward thewindow, so that the proj ecting frame of the sash passing by the bracketwill swing it-outof the way. i This is sometimes a very desirablefeature of the fixture when it is necessary to hang the curtain insidethe casin g. A blind, when being shut toward the curtain, may alsostrike some part ofthe bracket, as the loop G, and thus swing thebracket, and hence the curtain, out of the way. A fixed bracket, F, isused when the Swinging bracket is not needed, and is fastened to thecasing by a screw, j. I

On either the swinging or the fixed brackets are the arms 7t and l. Thearm 70 has a spur, m, and a roller, n, to run thereon. The

other arm, I, bears the loop and stop G.

The cord 0 passes from the pulley D to the rear and under the roller 1,then through the loop G, and may have a tassel at the lower end. Thisloop and stop G is made by formingor casting a projection,0,on the arml, and forming therein on the inner side the groove 17. A piece of wire,having somewhat the clasticity of a spring, is formed or bent into suchshape that, having one end, q, fastened in the arm I, the loop G will beformed, and the other end, 1", when free, will take the position shownin Fig. 7 but when pressed into the groove 19, the two ends of the wirewill be brought so near together as to pinch the 'cord 0 pressed betweenthem, thus forming a stop. When the cord 0 is pulled so as to draw it tothe open part of the loop G, the curtain may be raised or lowered; butwhen the cord is dropped, its weight, or the weight of the tasselthereon, will cause the cord to enter the narrow part of the loop, whereit will be held; and the loop being inclined, as shown, the greater thedraft by the curtain, the firmer will the cord, and hence the curtain,be held.

By having the cord 0 bear against the roller a rather than against afixed surface, the friction on the cord will be much less, and hence itwill wear much longer time, and the value of the fixture is enhanced.

By constructing the loop and Stop G as described, the least expense inmanufacture is gained, and the cord maybe removed from the loop withoutdetaching one end from the pulley or the other end from the tassel.

' We make a groove in the roller lengthwise,

of sucha shape that on one side will be formed a shoulder, s, and theother side will be a wide, tapering, smooth, and curved surface, it. Theupper end of the curtain is placed in this groove so that the edge willsit against the shoulder s, and the curtain is then fastened by tacks orsimilar fastenings, as shown. The utility of this groove is in that itis a guide for accurately fastening the curtain, and of this particularform of groove that the shoulder 8 protects the edge of the curtain frombeing roughed up; and the wide, tapering, smooth, and curved surface Itprevents the curtain from being creased or broken, as it is liable to doover a sharp edge; and also that the uniformity and evenness of the rollformed by {336 curtain on the roller is the greatest possi- We claim asour invention- 1. A curtain-fixture bracket having a loop and stop, G,so formed of the wire and projection 0 that one end, r, of the wire maybe sprung out to remove the cord a, substantially as hereinbeforespecified.

2. A curtain-fixture bracket having the two arms 70 and I, one of whichhas the spur m and the roller n, and the other a loop and stop, Gr,

WILLIAM H. PARK. EUGENE O. GLEASON.

Witnesses Enw. DUMMER, LAURENCE K. MUNN.

